Improved safety attachment for street-railway cars



J. FOGARTY. Safety Attachment for Street Cars.

Patented Sept. 7,1869.

TATES ATENT Orince.

.TOHX FOG-ARTY, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

IMPROVED SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR STREET-RAILWAY CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 94,587, dated September 7,186).

I (0Z1 1071/0711 it may cancer/2 Be it known that I, JOHN FOGARTY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and lnr proved Safety Attachment for Street-Railroad Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a street-railroad car to which my improvement has been attached. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line mm, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side View of a port-ion of a car, showing a modification of the device. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved attachment for strcetrailroad cars, which shall be so constructed and arranged as -to prevent any person or thing that may be upon the track from being run over by the wheels or from throwing the cars from the track, and it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the device, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the track, B the car-wheels, G the car or truck-frame, 1f) the brake-bar, and E the brake-shoes, about the construction of which parts there is nothing'new.

F are the guards, which are. hinged at their upper ends to the brake-bar D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or to the brake-shoes I), according as the construction of the brake may render it most convenient. The guards F should be made of such a length as to reach nearly to the rails, and of such a form as to fit upon and rest firmly against the lower parts of the brakeshoes E. The guards F are connected by a cross-bar, G, which may be curved, as shown in Fig. 2, or straight, as shown in Fig. 4. To the middle part of the crossbar G is pivoted the lower end of the short connecting-bar H, the upper end of which is pivoted to the rear end of the bent or elbow lever I. The lever I is pivoted at its angle to brackets or other suitable supports attached to the under side of the forward part of the car-frame C, and

to its forward end is pivoted the rear end of the short connecting-bar J, the forward end of which is pivoted to the rear end of the bent lever K. The bent lever K is pivoted at its angle to the forward edge of the frame or platform of the car, and to its forward end is pivoted the lower end of the rod L, which passes up along the railing of the platform, and is kept in place by passing through guides attached to said railing. By this construction and arrangement of levers and connecting-rods, by drawing the rod L upward the guards F will be raised to allow the car to pass over obstructions or when not required for use.

M is a stop or catch, attached to the forward side of the railing to receive the upper end of the rod L to hold the guards F raised.

In the modification of the device shown in Figs. 3 and 4 a rod, N, is used to hold the guards F raised, the lower end of which is pivoted to the cross-bar G, and the upper end of which has a hook formed upon it, which, when the guards F are raised, hooks into an eye attached to the under side of the frame 0, and which, when the guards F are lowered, hooks into an eye or hook attached to the brakebar D.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The guards F, hinged to the shoes or bar of an ordinary brake, and resting, when in working position, against the lower parts of the brake-shoes, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The combination of the crossbar G, connecting-bar H, bent lever I, connecting-bar J, bent lever K, rod L, and stop or catch M with each other and with the guards F, hinged to the brake D E, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The combination of the hooked rod N with the cross-bar G and guards F, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this lit-h day of June, 1869.

JOHN FOGARTY.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, J AMES T. GRAHAM. 

